Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-03-18
BASKIN AND BENNETT.
The Welcome Given Them by the Loyal
League at the Federal Court House
Last Evening.
They Give an Interesting Account OF
their Winters Work at the
National Capital.
ROusing Speeches made by both Of the
Delegates-A Large Crowd of
People Present.

| the Loyal League met at the Federal
Court room last evening to welcome their
delegates, Judges Baskin and Bennett
upon their return from Washington.
The place was crowded to its utmost
and had there been more room there
would have been more people
present. The meeting was called
to order by Colonel Hollister
and upon invitation, Vice-President R..
c.. Chambers took the chair. Mr..
Chambers then called Mr.. Bennett, and
that gentleman was the first to address
the meeting.
las it is an understood thing among
the members of the Loyal League
that none of the proceedings of a
League meeting shall be made
public, and as THE DEMOCRAT
was not informed that last nights
rally was an exception to the rule we are
obliged to take synopses of the speeches
from our Republican opponent, to which
we give all the credit that is due to it
under the circumstances.
JUDGE BENNETT
Said in substance: l wish we had re-
ceived as rousing a welcome as this in
Washington. We coIlld have done bet
ter than we did, but can say to you that
we are making progress in the effort.
Mr.. Bennett then went on to tell of the
many difficulties to be encountered in
working for a cause like this in Washing
ton; how Congress is taken up with
other matters, and how hard it is to get
attention from it. He then expressed
himself as pleased with the new law and,
though he does not think it was all we
need, he thinks we should make the best
of it. He regretted that certain sections
had been cut out of the bill, but he insists
that we still have a good law. After
paying high compliment to Mr.. Baskin
for the work he did at the previous ses-
sion of Congress, he went on to enlogize
Mr.. Tucker for his valiant efforts in be-
half of Utah.
TO GOVERNOR WEST.
The Speaker paid a high tribute to
Governor West and his indefatigable
labors in the good cause. Mr.. Bennett
drew a grand picture of the presentation of
the bill to the House by Mr.. Tucker,
that gentleman's eloquent speech and
the final passage of the measure by
rousing majority. In speaking of the
action of the Conference Committee, Mr..
Bennett assured his hearers that politics
had nothing to do with the result, and
laid the blame upon Bat Collins. He
said that the Eastern people thought that
the oath would settle the question, but
they will now see how little it
to. He referred to many
of the best features of the
new law, and wound up by saving that
the people must stand together in the
League and fight until the common
enemy is conquered.
JUDGE BAsKIN,
Who entered during Mr.. Benefits
speech, was greeted with a hearty round
Of applause, and when he arose to adj |
dress the meeting he received another
salute.
Judge Baskin began by going back to
his first mission in Washington, where ne |
fell in with j. randolph Tucker and |
found in him the champion for whom |
Utah had been looking. The result was
the formation of a bill which surpassed |
all the expectations of the most hopeful !
Of Utah's citizens. He went back to |
the days of the Cullom bill, which |
he himself, had drafted and told how it |
was killed by the Gentiles of this Terri |
tory. This incident was used by the |
speaker in showing the gradual |
change that had come over the |
Utah Gentiles, referring to the |
unity of opinion now existing among
hem and the solidity with which
hey all stand for the needed legislation.
He said that this shows how the Gentle
element has become educated up to a
standard where they can fully realize the
aults of their Mormon brothers. He
lrew attention to the difference between
he broad Democratic principles of gov
existing in the East and the
control exercised here in
Utah. He then went on to
APPEAL FOR UNITY
Between the two outside parties here.
lie said that there is no sense in intro
lucing party politics here, and re-
erred to the Loyal League and
he Gentle press as fixed powers here.
lie paid The DEMOCRAT a handsome
and said that he wanted to
ee all differences between the two Gen
lie organs here settled.
Later on he spoke of the representa-
ion that we are bound to have in the
legislature under the new law, and spoke
opefully of the outcome of the work now
eing done by the press, the patriots and
he National Legislators.
Mr.. Baskin closed his speech by show
lg that the Loyal work is aggressive
nd is constantly gaining ground while
ne Church is continually losing ground {
nd must go under sooner or later. 1
After a rousing vote of thanks had been t
iven the energetic delegates the meet
To- was adjourned until tho Doth inst